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Acquisition of Fas resistance by Fas receptor mutation in a childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, MML-1.
International journal of oncology - 1 Aug 2005
Inaba Hiroto, Shimada Keiji, Zhou Yan-Wen, Ido Masaru, Buck Steven, Yonehara Shin, Kaplan Joseph, Komada Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Programmed cell death, or apoptosis, is a physiological means of eliminating unwanted cells and maintaining immune homeostasis. One of the primary mechanisms is the Fas (CD95)/Fas ligand system. Its inactivation in normal cells and malignant cells may be involved in malignant trans-formation and refractory clinical course, respectively. We established a Fas resistant clone and evaluated the molecular basis for...
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